New extension allows car manufacturers to use a single HMI toolchain for all car segments

LAS VEGAS—Rightware, a provider of user interface creation software for the automotive industry, has introduced Kanzi Lite, an extension to its Kanzi® HMI (human-machine interface) design and development software. The new extension will enable car manufacturers and Tier 1suppliers to use Kanzi as an HMI software platform for instrument clusters and infotainment screens in all car segments, the company announced in a press release.

With the new Kanzi Lite extension, customers are able to use Kanzi for all types of automotive and embedded hardware platforms, from low-end microcontroller units (MCU’s) using proprietary graphics acceleration protocols to high-end Systems-on-Chips (SoCs) using standard graphics APIs, such as OpenGL ES 2.0. Designers are now able to build HMIs for various car segments using the same designer-oriented Kanzi Studio tool, while engineers have access to the robust Kanzi Engine with its APIs and UI framework, according to the release.

”Graphical user interfaces are now becoming de facto in all car segments,” said Rightware CEO Jonas Geust, in the release. “With the addition of Kanzi Lite, customers are now able to reduce time to market and increase reusability across their product lines."

Rightware® serves the automotive and other embedded industries with its Kanzi software for rapid user interface design and deployment. The company was nominated on Deloitte's “Fast 50” list of fastest growing tech companies in 2015.